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Fix Slow YouTube on iPad and iPhone 4
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I’ve been having trouble watching YouTube videos on my iPhone 4 and my iPad. I have an Apple AirPort Extreme router and it’s the newest model with the most recent firmware. I was excited when the new firmware updates for the iPhone and iPad were released that were supposed to fix the YouTube problem. It didn’t fix my problem so I went looking elsewhere for a fix. Here’s some of the things people have tried that fixed it. What fixed it for me was turning off both the 802.11n and turning off my guest network on the router. Note: many people have commented about the 802.11n on the iPhone 4 but know this: the 802.11n on the AirPort Extreme runs at 5Mhz and the iPhone 4 runs at 2.4Mhz so they are not compatible. The iPad however does use the AirPort’s 5Mhz.
Try one or more of the following fixes:
- Turn off 802.11n on your AirPort Extreme router.
- Turn off the guest network on your AirPort Extreme router.
- Change the DNS settings in your iPhone settings for that router to OpenDNS settings of 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220 or Google’s DNS settings of 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4\n- Turn off auto brightness or, if your brightness is on the lowest setting, move it up some (weird idea if you ask me)
- Reset network settings in you Settings App > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings.
Let us know in the comments if you’re having problems and if any of the above worked for you or if you have another fix.
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Thanks for posting. I am now using google DNS and turned off the guest network, appears to be working much better now.
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Tried all this fixes, and nothing seems to work
Youtube it’s really annoying to watch on my iPad, i have to wait 10min to load 30seconds
I’m using an alternative way, i download YourTube HD (from cydia) and now i’m downloading all the videos i wanna watch.
But i would love to see a perfect solution.
I reall think the real problem it’s my router, because on 3G everything work perfectly
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you mean Ghz,, not Mhz, move the decimal
nice article, thanks for the tip
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I’m using Google’s DNS (8.8.8.8) and my YouTube is pretty snappy.
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how i change the DNS over 3G connection
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Fix absolutely works, apart from the slow initial load, the video streams perfect now.and i often download youtube to iphone by use Aneesoft youtube converter,.lol……..and now im very enjoy it.
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